By Alexi Cohan | [email protected] | Boston Herald PUBLISHED: December 7, 2018 at 6:30 pm | UPDATED: December 7, 2018 at 8:33 pm Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort lied about his contacts with a Russian associate and Trump administration officials, prosecutors said in a court filing today, while also calling for President Trump’s former lawyer Michael Cohen to face prison time. Prosecutors said Manafort violated his plea deal by telling “multiple discernible lies.” They said Manafort was called to testify before a grand jury on Oct. 26 and Nov. 2. The documents do not provide any additional details about the grand jury, or what it is probing. They said Manafort told investigators that he spoke with officials before and after they left the Trump administration. But they said a review of his electronic documents shows he had “additional contacts” with the officials. “There’s enough information there to cause President Trump to break into a sweat,” said Fred Bayles, professor emeritus at Boston University and former national news correspondent. “I don’t see much good in this. In fact, the wording seemed to be a really sharpened spear point.” Prosecutors said Manafort met with investigators from Robert Mueller’s office and the FBI on 12 separate occasions. “The government’s filing in Mr. Manafort’s case says absolutely nothing about the President. It says even less about collusion and is devoted almost entirely to lobbying-related issues. Once again the media is trying to create a story where there isn’t one,” said White House press secretary Sarah… [Read full story]